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>> hi wolf blitzer! today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. massmutual is owned by our policyholders so they matter most to us. massmutual. we'll help you get there. >>> they may not be voting on election day in 17 days, but when they grow up, many of america's children will certainly have the chance to. one children's book author is trying to get kids interested in the process right now. lisa sylvester caught up with him. >> reporter: we hea
>> hi wolf blitzer! today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> we begin over at the white house where the political prospects for president obama's second term changed dramatically in the course of only a week. we've seen a crush of developments involving three major controversies, a forced resignation, and new allegations of coverups. can the president recover. what does he need to do? let's go to the white house, our white house correspondent dan lothian is standing by. what's the strategy as far as damage control is concerned? >> reporter: wolf, the president wants to sort of put this behind him and turn the focus on his second term agenda. he promised and very much wants to deliver on immigration reform. the economy is a major concern, yes, unemployment is going down, but the president still wants to go out there, hit the road, focus on creating jobs for the middle class, and there are even the international issues that continue bubbling up and need to be resolved, there's syria, saw the president this
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i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next cnn. >> thanks for joining us. i'm candy crowley. john king is off tonight. mitt romney talks with cnn, answering newt gingrich's latest attacks and weighing in whether he'd vote for ron paul. >>> also, we'll talk with a former republican who is switching parties as a matter of principle, or is it political opportunism? >>> on the high seas what would become the biggest international crisis of the new year. a whop that will hit your car in the gas tank. >>> good evening, from des moines. we are only six days out from the iowa caucuses, and politically, at least, the ground here is shifting. tonight, mitt romney's riding on top of a new condition cnn poll of iowa republicans, laughing off the scathing criticism coming at him from newt gingrich. cnn's wolf blitzer climbed aboard romney's campaign bus today and asked about the attack ads that romney supporters are running against gingrich. >> this is part of the process. i'm not going to be -- we could all wish we had a utopian type political process but the campaign
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." # >>> economists say there's no hints in the newest unemployment report that another recession is starting. 103,000 jobs were added to pay rolls last month. that's a stronger than expected increase. july and august figures were also revised upward as well as to show an additional gain of 99,000 jobs over the summer. the overall unemployment rate held steady at our white house correspondent dan loathian. what is the white house saying about all the numbers heading into a senate fight over the jobs bill? >> reporter: wolf, top aides here at the white house say that unemployment rate of 9.1% is still unacceptably high. they're encouraged by growth in the private sector. but white house spokesman jay carney said it's "far from good enough." they believe that the president's jobs bill is one way to get americans back to work. and that's why you've seen the president campaigning across the country and again this week holding a news conference here at the whit
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." # >>> economists say there's no hints in the newest unemployment report that another recession is starting. 103,000 jobs were added to pay rolls last month. that's a stronger than expected increase. july and august figures were also revised upward as well as to show an additional gain of 99,000 jobs over the summer. the overall unemployment rate held steady at our white house correspondent dan loathian. what is the white house...
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and now, wolf blitzer has a big two hours ahead of him. "sit room" starts right now. >>> thanks very much, brooke. the house raising the debt limit on an historic bill to raise the debt ceiling. the obama campaign is trying to put the best spin on the best deal and the president's role in it. i'll ask about red hot democrats. stay here and hear how it plays out. i'm wolf blitzer here in "the situation room." >>> we've been expecting the house to vote on raising the debt limit. but it has not happened yet. the debt deadline is looming larger than ever. the deal would raise the debt limit $900 billion in the short term and green light spending cuts of roughly the same amount over ten years. offset dollar for dollar by more spending cuts. there's a lot of huge ifs involved in making all of that happen. let's go to capitol hill. kate baldwin is standing by. what are we toll about when it will take place? of. >> the timing is very fluid, wolf. the question is, will this compromise bill pass the house? speaker john boehner in a press conference
and now, wolf blitzer has a big two hours ahead of him. "sit room" starts right now. >>> thanks very much, brooke. the house raising the debt limit on an historic bill to raise the debt ceiling. the obama campaign is trying to put the best spin on the best deal and the president's role in it. i'll ask about red hot democrats. stay here and hear how it plays out. i'm wolf blitzer here in "the situation room." >>> we've been expecting the house to vote on...
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i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> i covered the middle east for a long time, watched american presidents try to navigate the mine fields of the region and the peace process. overall, president obama sets the right tone this week during this, his first trip to israel since taking office. but there's certainly a lot of hard work ahead, if he hopes to make any real inroads towards peace and deal with huge dangers in the region now. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is standing by, and john king are joining us from amman, jordan, where the president wrapped up his trip. he has done well in jordan, now the hard work begins. where do we go from here? >> reporter: the white house feels he accomplished what they set out as his primary goal, which was to reconnect with the israeli people and convince them that he understands where they're coming from on the primary security issues. the big question as you point out, can this lead to real accomplishments, that would be on the peace front wi
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i'm wolf blitzer in tampa, florida. the site of monday's cnn tea party debate and you're in "the situation room." security sweeps and a frantic scramble now for more intelligence. a decade after 9/11, america once again faces a threat. precaution precautions were already ramped up, but new information is shifting those efforts into overdriel. the official is suspicious and credible apparently focused on new york city and washington, d.c. it may involve three people, including one u.s. citizen and it may involve a car bomb. let's go to susan candiotti on the scene for us. what's the latest? >> the latest information involves the chatter that's been on going leading out of plup to tenth anniversary. after lot of the chatter says this threat may be originating with the current leader of al qaeda who took over for osama bin laden, mr. alswa -- a al zawahiri. >> terrorism is a theatre. and this is probably the biggest stage. we have the president and two former presidents here. obviously a lot of high profile public official
i'm wolf blitzer in tampa, florida. the site of monday's cnn tea party debate and you're in "the situation room." security sweeps and a frantic scramble now for more intelligence. a decade after 9/11, america once again faces a threat. precaution precautions were already ramped up, but new information is shifting those efforts into overdriel. the official is suspicious and credible apparently focused on new york city and washington, d.c. it may involve three people, including one u.s....
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wolf blitzer is off. i'm candy crowley. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world with. you're in "the situation room." puerto rico isn't often a hotbed of american politics but certainly is right now sunday's republican presidential primary looming. 20 delegates are up for grabs and as mitt romney and rick santorum will be the first to tell you, every one of those delegateses koubt es counts. jim acosta is watching it unfold for us in san juan. you had the opportunity to see both of these candidates, jim. >> reporter: that's right, candy, and it's going to be interesting to see how this plays out, because naturally mitt romney has been given sort of the advantage here in puerto rico. s' got the endorsement of this territory's governor, luis fortunio but the governor welcomed senator santorum to the island when he arrived earlier this beak. i have to tell you what everybody is talking about here on this island is this language controversy that flared up when rick santorum talked to a puerto rican newspaper and said that the territory's adoption
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> the american economy has created in the private sector jobs for the past 21 months in a row. that's nearly three million new jobs in all. more than half a million over the last four months. so we need to keep that growth going. >> there are some new signs of life in the u.s. job market. with a strong showing in november that caught a lot of the analysts by surprise. the labor department says employers added 120,000 jobs helping push down the unemployment rate from 9% in october to 8.6%. that's the lowest level in almost three years. but there's more to it than meets the eye. lisa sylvester standing by with more. so what's the story behind these latest numbers? >> okay, wolf. we're going to talk you through the numbers. first, the positive news. unemployment, as you mentioned, it did tick down from 9% to 8.6% in the month of november. that is very good news. and if you take a look at it in terms of the jobs created, 120,000 jobs that is higher than wh
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> the american economy has created in the private sector jobs for the past 21 months in a row. that's nearly three million new jobs in all. more than half a million over the last four months. so we need to keep that growth going. >> there are some new signs of life in the u.s. job market. with a strong showing in november that caught a lot of the analysts by surprise. the labor department says employers added 120,000 jobs...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> mitt romney's primary sweep this week sounded the death nell for newt gingrich's campaign and the romney versus obama battle for the rouwhite house has shif up a gear. our national political reporter is following this. jim, what are you seeing now? >> with the republican race now over, there are only two men left standing, president obama and mitt romney and they're already throwing hard punches, even though it's only april. president obama's visit with college students in iowa may have been about financial aid but it was one more sign that school is in session in the race for the white house. >> some suggest that students like you have to pay more so we can help bring down the deficit. th think about that. >> the president has been doing his reelection homework basically ever since he got in office. from february 2009 on he's made 126 visit to 14 battle ground states. >> is it easier to make ends meet. >> no. >> mitt romney was just in one of those
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> mitt romney's primary sweep this week sounded the death nell for newt gingrich's campaign and the romney versus obama battle for the rouwhite house has shif up a gear. our national political reporter is following this. jim, what are you seeing now? >> with the republican race now over, there are only two men left standing, president obama and mitt romney and they're already throwing hard punches, even though it's...
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i'm don lemon, "the situation room" are wolf blitzer begins right now. >>> guns, immigration, defense, the battle lines are drawn. and the first fights are being fought over the president's second term agenda. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords returns to testify on gun control. her husband, former astronaut, mark kelly, tells me how she prepared for that emotional event. >>> and sunday super bowl, featuring a rivalry between two brothers. we want to welcome our viewers from around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room". >> we're a little over a week away from president obama's state of the union address before congress. but the battles over many of the president's top priorities already are in full swing on capitol hill. both the president and lawmakers started a new push for immigration. this past week, also featured contentious hearings on u.s. defense policy and on slowing the epidemic of gun violence in america. we'll take a closer look at guns, first beginning with vice president joe biden's admission after meeting with democratic lawmakers on capitol h
i'm don lemon, "the situation room" are wolf blitzer begins right now. >>> guns, immigration, defense, the battle lines are drawn. and the first fights are being fought over the president's second term agenda. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords returns to testify on gun control. her husband, former astronaut, mark kelly, tells me how she prepared for that emotional event. >>> and sunday super bowl, featuring a rivalry between two brothers. we want to welcome our...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> donald trump is positioning himself as a king maker in the republican race and as a possible independent candidate. trump's political influence is under renewed scrutiny as he prepares to moderate a republican debate in iowa that's getting a poor response from most of the candidates. just today, rick perry announced he will not participate. for those reasons, i went to trump's office here in new york to talk about him, the campaign, the issues and of course, a lot more. thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> nice building. >> pretty good. we've had some fun in this building over the years. >> we're going to talk about the book, time to get tough making america number one. talk about it later. let's talk about the debate. right now, it's a debate between santorum and gingrich. not much of a debate. >> i think you'll have others coming in. it's really a news max debate. i think you're going to have othe
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> donald trump is positioning himself as a king maker in the republican race and as a possible independent candidate. trump's political influence is under renewed scrutiny as he prepares to moderate a republican debate in iowa that's getting a poor response from most of the candidates. just today, rick perry announced he will not participate. for those reasons, i went...
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i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening. i'm john king. tonight, your tax dollars. and the federal employees who bragged about breaking the rules to waste them. outrage mounts. >>> plus, mitt romney says president obama should start packing. but our brand new poll tonight suggests the incumbent democrat has a big early advantage. and the embarrassing prostitution scandal around president obama's trip to colombia. more than 20 secret service and military personnel now under investigation. >>> we begin with significant new and breaking developments in the allegations against security personnel charged with protecting president obama during his trip to colombia for a major international summit. i'm told the expanding investigation now involves more than 20 people. 11 secret service personnel and 10 department of defense personnel. government officials familiar with the case also tell me tonight, all 11 secret service personnel had their security clearances revoked effective today. effective today they can get those back if they
i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening. i'm john king. tonight, your tax dollars. and the federal employees who bragged about breaking the rules to waste them. outrage mounts. >>> plus, mitt romney says president obama should start packing. but our brand new poll tonight suggests the incumbent democrat has a big early advantage. and the embarrassing prostitution scandal around president obama's trip to colombia....
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> intriguing new twists and turns in the scandal that's gripping washington, indeed the nation and much of the world. the affair that led general dividend petraeus to resign as director of the central intelligence agency. we're finding out that at least one lawmaker here in washington may have learned of it ahead of the president and there are questions about the investigation that led to petraeus' stunning downfall. brian todd's been working the story for us and getting new information. brian, tell our viewers what's the latest? >> we found out that the house majority leader, republican congressman eric cantor, may have found out almost two weeks before the president did. this and other time lines we're following on the investigation have led to genuine anger over why the ite house and other top congressional leaders weren't told sooner. a time line cnn has put together shows the republican house majority leader may have known about former cia direct
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> intriguing new twists and turns in the scandal that's gripping washington, indeed the nation and much of the world. the affair that led general dividend petraeus to resign as director of the central intelligence agency. we're finding out that at least one lawmaker here in washington may have learned of it ahead of the president and there are questions about the investigation that led to petraeus' stunning downfall. brian...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> dramatic new developments today in the cruise ship disaster off the coast of italy after blasting holes in the capsized "costa philosopconcord" the massive liner hits rocks and ripped open the hull friday night. it shows the dramatic escape as people clamor off the sinks vessel. the ship's captain is under house arrest, and he may face charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. now a stunning -- the transcript between outrages authorities on shore and the captain. matthew chance is faults this unfold. what's the latest, matthew? >> reporter: these transcripts and recordings that have emerged of astonishing. they show conversations that were taking place between the captain of the "costa concordia." his name is francesco scampino. the coast guard asking about the situation. he sounds confused. then emerges much to the astonishment of is the coast guard that the captain has abandoned the ship, while hundreds of passengers are still on board, some bo
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> dramatic new developments today in the cruise ship disaster off the coast of italy after blasting holes in the capsized "costa philosopconcord" the massive liner hits rocks and ripped open the hull friday night. it shows the dramatic escape as people clamor off the sinks vessel. the ship's captain is under house arrest, and he may face charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. now a stunning -- the transcript...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> president obama's increasingly bypassing congress or trying to, taking action aimed at boosting the u.s. economy. right now, the president is in san francisco for a campaign event. it's all part of the three-day western swing promoting mortgage refinancing, student loans and jobs for american veterans. joinings now to talk about the president's plans and more, the white house press secretary, jay carney. jay, thanks very much for coming in. unemployment obviously, issue number one for so many millions of americans right now. the president making a major push to bypass congress saying we can't wait. those are his words, but you've waited until now. why? >> well, wolf, the fact is the president as you know put forward a comprehensive bill, the american jobs act, that is filled deliberately with provisions that have traditionally been supported by republicans as well as democrats. the kinds of things that republica
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> president obama's increasingly bypassing congress or trying to, taking action aimed at boosting the u.s. economy. right now, the president is in san francisco for a campaign event. it's all part of the three-day western swing promoting mortgage refinancing, student loans and jobs for american veterans. joinings now to talk about the president's plans and more, the...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> let's begin with herman ca n cain. he just returned to his home a little while ago to have what is likely to be a very uncomfortable conversation with his wife. that talk could be key to deciding whether or not he stays in the race. cnn has learned that cain will meet with supporters and donors tomorrow before he publicly reveals the future of his campaign. jim acosta is following the cain controversy. what's the latest information we're getting? >> wolf, we told you yesterday about cain's plans to open up a new headquarters in atlanta tomorrow. turns out that's when and where cain says he will make a big announcement about the future of his campaign. >> as the cain train pulled into a town hall in south carolina, the candidate left no doubt the end of the line could come in weekend when he's scheduled to open up a new headquarters near atlanta. >> i will be making an announcement. we're going to be opening our
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i'm wolf blitzer in chicago. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> bill clinton can certainly work wondzers out there on the campaign trail, but he can also work himself into trouble from time to time. first, he praised what he called the so-called sterling -- that's a quote, sterling business record of mitt romney right here on cnn. then he contradicted president obama seemingly by suggesting that the bush tax cuts should be extended even for the wealthiest americans. i just sat down with the former president here in chicago at the clinton global initiative, and i asked him about that. >> what i was saying yesterday, which is apparently not accurate, is that if this fiscal cliff comes to the president and the congress and the country before the election, he can't afford to give up his position and he shouldn't. that we'll have revenues to deal with this debt long term and asking those of us to pay taxes. i support that position. i always have, and -- but the republicans feel t
i'm wolf blitzer in chicago. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> bill clinton can certainly work wondzers out there on the campaign trail, but he can also work himself into trouble from time to time. first, he praised what he called the so-called sterling -- that's a quote, sterling business record of mitt romney right here on cnn. then he contradicted president obama seemingly by suggesting that the bush tax cuts should be extended even...
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i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." first, a powerful reminder today, if they don't reach an agreement in the next 11 days, all hell could brea look. standard & poor's is warning the nation could be shoved back into recession very soon after the august 2i deadline passes with the clock ticking and stakes rising, our own jessica yellin learned that leaders plan to meet this hour at the white house. we're learning a good deal more about where the talks stand. kate bolduan has the latest. what do you know? >> both sides, all sides are cautioning and stressing that there is no deal. we are learning that president obama and house speaker john boehner are making a fresh drive to strive for one maybe last effort on this some of the ideas could include $3 trillion in debt reduction. that could include spending cuts of possibly a trillion or more, entitlement reform that could possibly include changing the age eligibility for -- of medicare, and also on the issue of revenues, there's discuss of whether the bush era tax cuts for
i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." first, a powerful reminder today, if they don't reach an agreement in the next 11 days, all hell could brea look. standard & poor's is warning the nation could be shoved back into recession very soon after the august 2i deadline passes with the clock ticking and stakes rising, our own jessica yellin learned that leaders plan to meet this hour at the white house. we're learning a good deal more about where the talks stand. kate...
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i'll turn you over to my friend wolf blitzer who is standing by just a few feet away. take it away, wolf. >> thanks very much. >>> happening now, we're following breaking news. get this. a former united states soldier has now been arrested and charged with fighting for al qaeda allies in syria. stand by for details. >>> angry and emotional, president obama tries to shame the public and congress into taking action on gun control. >>> and of all of the fbi's most notorious cases, the one that by far grabs the most attention from the american public has to do with flying saucers. >>> let's get right to the breaking news. a former u.s. soldier now arrested and charged with helping al qaeda's allies in the syrian civil war. let's go straight to our foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty. first of all, what is he accused of? >> well, he is accused of using a weapon of mass destruction and in this case it's an rpg. the rocket propelled grenades, using them outside of the united states, specifically in syria. his name is eric harun. he is 30 years old, apparently from ph
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." supporters and rivals always knew this day would come, when he kicked off his second presidential campaign. after all, he's pretty much been running since he lost back in 2008. today romney declared that he's ready to take on president obama. >> when barack obama came to office, we wished him well and hoped for the best. now in the third year of his fourth year term or his four-year term, we have more than slogans and promises to judge him by. barack obama has failed america. >> before romney can have a shot at beating president obama, he must face his republican opponents in the lead off primary state of new hampshire. that's where romney announced and candy crowley is there. we all listened to the speech carefully. does he sound like the front-runner for the republican nomination right now? >> reporter: completely he sounded like the front-runner. not a mention of any other republicans that are in this race or thinking about getting in this race, whic
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." supporters and rivals always knew this day would come, when he kicked off his second presidential campaign. after all, he's pretty much been running since he lost back in 2008. today romney declared that he's ready to take on president obama. >> when barack obama came to office, we wished him well and hoped for the best. now in the third year of his fourth year term or his four-year term, we have more than slogans and promises to...
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wolf blitzer, take it away. live in las vegas. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> happening now, the count down to a debate that could change everything. we know about the republican race for the white house. a race that's already undergone very dramatic changes in just a matter of a few days. herman cain is now at the front of the pack in a dead heat with mitt romney. on what could be the most pivotal night of his campaign so far. i'm wolf blitzer in las vegas. you're in "the situation room." we're live on the las vegas strip where in just four hours, the republican hopefuls will face off in a cnn western presidential debate. tonight, herman cain is the candidate to beat. since the last debate one week ago in new hampshire, herman cain has continued to rise in the polls and is now the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination. he is joining me now. he's here in "the situation room." we're in las vegas. mr. cain, thanks very much for coming in. how does that feel to be called the front-runne
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> it's hard to put into words the sheer force of the monster tornados that have hammered the midwest this week. look at this amazing twister caught on tape in chick cache, oklahoma. >> it's crossing the road white where we were [ bleep ]. >> slow down. get out your window. get out your window. >> i am. that i can that shed. >> watch behind you. you're good. don't push. oh, my god! back up. oh, no. stop. oh, no, what did it destroy? running back. slow down. no, slow down. debris. >> and near sean knee, oklahoma, more video of a tornado literally ripping this giant semi to shreds. the 29-year-old driver believes he was either sucked from the window or fell out as it was happening. he was treated for a fractured shoulder bone and some scrapes. other than that, he's fine. >>> in joplin, missouri, the sight of the killer tornado that's captured the world's attention, one pastor survived, says he doesn't know which was louder, the wind outside his church or
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> it's hard to put into words the sheer force of the monster tornados that have hammered the midwest this week. look at this amazing twister caught on tape in chick cache, oklahoma. >> it's crossing the road white where we were [ bleep ]. >> slow down. get out your window. get out your window. >> i am. that i can that shed. >> watch behind you. you're good. don't push. oh, my god! back up. oh, no. stop....
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> republican presidential candidate herman cain tells his staff he is reassessing the viability of his campaign less than 24 hours after he dropped a political bombshell right here in "the situation room." during my interview with him yesterday, cain revealed that an atlanta woman is claiming she and cain engaged in a 13-year extramarital affair, a claim cain flatly denies. coming on the heels of sexual harassment allegations, this leaves his campaign in a very, very precarious position. what's the latest on the herman cain, joe? >> wolf, with all the swirl in this campaign, this is not the first time herman cain has tried to re'success the state of the race. the question for him is about polls and fund raising and support, but after the last 24 hours, there are some republicans out there who don't think things are going to get any better for him. there's no telling how the world turns in the soap opera that is no
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> republican presidential candidate herman cain tells his staff he is reassessing the viability of his campaign less than 24 hours after he dropped a political bombshell right here in "the situation room." during my interview with him yesterday, cain revealed that an atlanta woman is claiming she and cain engaged in a 13-year extramarital affair, a claim cain...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> across southern israel and gaza right now, you can smell the smoke. see the damage and feel the fear. palestinian officials now say more than 100 people killed in gaza after nearly a week of air attacks by israel. israel says hamas militants can stop the suffering in a second if they stop shooting hundreds of rockets across the border. those rockets have killed three israelis since the conflict began. the u.n. secretary general has arrived in egypt as part of an urgent international push for a cease fire. israeli troops and tanks on the border awaiting the order that could come at any time to invade gaza and turn this to in to a full-scale war. my colleagues and i are in the region. we are covering all sides of this conflict as only cnn can. earlier today i traveled to southern israel, tt's near israel's border with gaza where people live every day with a threat of rocket attacks and we experience what they go through firsthand. within minutes of ar
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> across southern israel and gaza right now, you can smell the smoke. see the damage and feel the fear. palestinian officials now say more than 100 people killed in gaza after nearly a week of air attacks by israel. israel says hamas militants can stop the suffering in a second if they stop shooting hundreds of rockets across the border. those rockets have killed three israelis since the conflict began. the u.n. secretary...
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listen to what mitt romney had to say after i pointed out i'm really wolf blitzer. >> i'm wolf blitzer, and, yes, that's my real name. >> i'm mitt romney, yes, wolf, that's also my first name. >> maybe not necessarily. >> willard. >> willard. >> yeah. >> willard. mitt is his middle name. >> he was nervous. >> a guy facing credibility changes on changing positions might want to be rock solid on their name. >> do you forget your real name? >> no. >> on a scale of things i give him a pass. >> good night for all of them. >> good night for all of them. good night for cnn. good night for voters out there. i think they gained a little bit of knowledge going into the voting booth. >> a rarity in these debates. >> we'll keep it up. guys, thanks very much. i want to leave wowy the holiday footnote. an estimated 45 million turkeys cookingen side ovens across the united states tomorrow but two turkeys received a traditional presidential pardon at the white house today. president obama noted his recent moves bypassing congress as he granted the pardon. >> some of you may know that,
listen to what mitt romney had to say after i pointed out i'm really wolf blitzer. >> i'm wolf blitzer, and, yes, that's my real name. >> i'm mitt romney, yes, wolf, that's also my first name. >> maybe not necessarily. >> willard. >> willard. >> yeah. >> willard. mitt is his middle name. >> he was nervous. >> a guy facing credibility changes on changing positions might want to be rock solid on their name. >> do you forget your real...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> it may have been the most awkward 53 seconds of the presidential campaign so far and certainly the most widely seen. texas governor rick perry's brain freeze during last night's republican presidential debate was the most viewed video on youtube in the united states earlier today. if you haven't seen it, you're about to as we look ahead to what happens to rick perry's campaign now. jim acosta is in auburn hills, michigan. the scene of perry's monumental stumble. how does he recover from this? >> wolf, after last night's debate and rick perry's meltdown in michigan, the candidate and his campaign seem to have a new strategy. get the voters to laugh with him and not at him. >> commerce, education and the what's the third one there? let's see -- >> it could be gone in 53 seconds for rick perry. the time it took the texas governor to butcher his own talking point on which three departments of the government he would
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wolf blitzer. "the situation room" starts right flow. >>> brooke, thanks very much. happens now on this the eve of the arizona republican presidential debate, brand-new poll numbers just out that show -- guess what -- a very, very tight contest in this critical primary state. also satan at war with america? some old and controversial remarking are now coming back to haunt rick santorum. >>> plus president obama's vow to the middle class and his message to congress. does he really expect republicans to take up his agenda? we'll go inside his strategy. i'm wolf blitzer in mesa, arizona, you're in "the situation room." this just coming in. on the eve of the new nuclear weapons showing that just how tight the race is. take a look 32% say rick san storm, but with the sampling eras that's constituentically a tie. ron paul coming in at 6%, let's go in depth right now with our chief political analyst gloria borger and depend can i washington bureau chief michael crowley. gloria, first you. arizona we all thought was supposed to be relatively easy for mitt rom in, but this a
wolf blitzer. "the situation room" starts right flow. >>> brooke, thanks very much. happens now on this the eve of the arizona republican presidential debate, brand-new poll numbers just out that show -- guess what -- a very, very tight contest in this critical primary state. also satan at war with america? some old and controversial remarking are now coming back to haunt rick santorum. >>> plus president obama's vow to the middle class and his message to congress....
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> wisconsin residents are voting right now on an extraordinary move to recall the governor scott walker and replace him with tom barrett. this election might be a sneak preview of the november press connection. the effort to get rid of walker was sparked by his move to get rid of collective bargaining rights for public employees. the state is split down the middle, the nasty battle against the tea party movement that has made vast amounts of money. dana bash reports. >> reporter: at a labor headquarters in madison, a frenzied final push to get out the vote. checking and re-checking lists, last-minute phone calls upon. the climax of a lengthy union effort of the republican governor scott walker. >> this is about mobilizing our people and the base and connecting with our voters. >> reporter: it's a similar scene in a walker war room. gop officials claim to have made 4 million calls and all of this comes at an unprec
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> every last one in the battle for the white house could come down to every new job created or lost. new numbers out today show the economy added 200,000 jobs last month here in the united states. and the unemployment rate fell to 8.5%. the lowest level in nearly three years. president obama says his policies have a loot to do with it. no surprise, the republican presidential candidates don't buy them. >> the economy's moving in the right direction. we're creating jobs on a consistent basis. not until everybody who wants to find a good job can find one. >> in spite of president obama's policies that the job market is beginning to pick up a little bit, i think there might be some optimism that maybe republicans are going to take the white house and maybe that's spurring people to start taking risices and i'll take that as a reason. >> let's bring in erin burnett. erin, what's behind the increase in these jobs? >> i
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> every last one in the battle for the white house could come down to every new job created or lost. new numbers out today show the economy added 200,000 jobs last month here in the united states. and the unemployment rate fell to 8.5%. the lowest level in nearly three years. president obama says his policies have a loot to do with it. no surprise, the republican...
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now to wolf blitzer. "the situation room" starts right now. >> happening now, the president and the congressional leadership, they're diving into debt talks for a fourth straight day. this hour, the federal reserve chairman meanwhile is warning that failure to reach a deal will create a major financial crisis for the united states. we're standing by for word of any progress. let's see if it happens. also, u.s. senators call for an investigation of rupert murdoch's media empire as the company pays a new price for its phone hacking scandal. could a massive probe now under way in britain happen here in the united states? and the obama money-maybing machine. who's behind the cash and can the republicans compete? >>> president obama and the congressional leadership are under enormous pressure right now, about 40 minutes into their latest round of debt crisis talks. they haveless than three weeks until the deadline to raise the legal limit on the federal debt. and by all accounts, they're still very far apart.
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i'm wolf blitzer, and you're in i'm wolf blitzer, and you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> this just coming in to "the situation room." we are live here in brussels, belgium. i'll have the exclusive joint interview tomorrow with the secretary of state hillary clinton and the defense secretary leon panetta tomorrow from nato headquarters right outside brussels. lots to discuss including the situation in afghanistan. certainly a crisis right now and what's going on with iran and its nuclear program north korea and a lot to discuss with the secretary of state and secretary of defense. i just got in to brussels and flew in with the secretary of defense just a little while ago, but right now we want to get to politics. we have a brand new cnn poll that's just coming out and it sheds new light on the presidential race. look at this. 56% have a favorable opinion of president obama. that's what they think of him as a person and not necessarily his performance as president of the united states. 42% have an unfavorable view. 44% view mitt romney favorably.
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the lines have been redrawn in the battle for the republican presidential nomination and after months of focusing his fight on president obama, mitt romney is now going after the newest front-runner, the former house speaker, newt gingrich. romney's latest assault is the classic campaign tactic of using the candidate's own words against him. joe johns is joining us now. take us inside romney's latest attack on gingrich. >> now we know that mitt romney apparently is not going to sit around and wait for newt gingrich to make a mistake as some have been suggesting. romney's on the offensive right now, but as far as we can tell, the former speaker hasn't exactly launched any kind of counterattack. down in the polls with weeks left until iowa caucuses, mitt romney makes his move. direct assault on the new front-runner, newt gingrich. starting right between the eyes. with the former speaker's conservative credential l
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the lines have been redrawn in the battle for the republican presidential nomination and after months of focusing his fight on president obama, mitt romney is now going after the newest front-runner, the former house speaker, newt gingrich. romney's latest assault is the classic campaign tactic of using the candidate's own words against him. joe johns is joining us...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> united nations is calling north korea's attempted rocking launch deplorable and destabilizing, even though it broke apart and fell into the sea and now, u.n. officials are warning the nation. stan grant is getting rare access inside north korea. stan? r. >> reporter: it started with a day of so much hope. this was the crowning achievement, the day they put a satellite into orbit. it went terribly wrong. that will not deter this nation. they're going to press ahead with more. ♪ from disaster to glory in a day. in north korea, history is what you make it. as always is here. this is about the power of images and the worship of their leader. two massive statues of the founder of the country and his son, kim jong-il. watching over the third generation of this dynasty, the newly crown eed se preem leader kim jong-un. this is how north korea is responding with the scene of triumph, this massive statues. when you're r
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> united nations is calling north korea's attempted rocking launch deplorable and destabilizing, even though it broke apart and fell into the sea and now, u.n. officials are warning the nation. stan grant is getting rare access inside north korea. stan? r. >> reporter: it started with a day of so much hope. this was the crowning achievement, the day they put a...
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now to wolf blitzer. "the situation room" starts right now. >>> happening now, as wall street and world markets are rip sawed by the financial crisis in greece, the on again off again rescue plan is looking less than certain. president obama and world leaders are in france for a critical world summit. >>> one hf herman cain's accusers may come forward. a former cain adviser blamed by cain for leaking the story is speaking out. >>> plus, lawmakers -- documents of the bankrupt solar energy company that got a half a billion dollar loan from the obama administration. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> while herman cain scrambles to try to get in front of the growing controversy, he's raking in lots of campaign contributions. cain's campaign now tells cnn they've raised an astonishing $1.2 million since sunday evening when news of the accusations first broke. meantime, cain may face new embarrassment and more pressure if one of his accusers is allowed to come forward with
now to wolf blitzer. "the situation room" starts right now. >>> happening now, as wall street and world markets are rip sawed by the financial crisis in greece, the on again off again rescue plan is looking less than certain. president obama and world leaders are in france for a critical world summit. >>> one hf herman cain's accusers may come forward. a former cain adviser blamed by cain for leaking the story is speaking out. >>> plus, lawmakers --...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." they were first brought together by superstorm sandy last october. today the president and the new jersey governor both teamed up once again seeing the results of billions of dollars in federal disaster aid and rekindling what you could call their bromance. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin travels with the president today to new jersey. she is joining us now live. jessica, how did it go? >> reporter: wolf, the reunion was short and sweet with a short-term upside for both men. political odd couple together again. >> let me first of all say thank you to governor christie for that introduction and the great work he has done here. >> reporter: visiting a reopened boardwalk and facing off on an arcade game where the president went 0 for 5. but no worries. the governor won him a stuffed bear. the obama/christie political bromance started days after superstorm sandy devastated new jersey and the president promised -- >> we will not quit until
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> the fbi descends on the faeb home of ther+ bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev's widow as the search for answers continues exactly two deadly boston marathonattacks. corresponde susan candiotti is in boston, joining us with the very latest on the investigation. susan, what do we know about what the feds were doing inside the home? >> reporter: i can tell you this wolf. we know that they spent several hours there at her home getting there early this afternoon. now, the fbi is not saying specifically what they are doing there but of course acknowledging what everyone can see with their own eyes, that they have arrived there, that they are asking herions and our sources tell us this is a woman who remains obviously someone of very high interest to investigatore rors as they try to find out what she can tell them about her husband. of course she's a widow now, but did she have any information leading up to the bombing did she know anything afterwards? did
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> the fbi descends on the faeb home of ther+ bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev's widow as the search for answers continues exactly two deadly boston marathonattacks. corresponde susan candiotti is in boston, joining us with the very latest on the investigation. susan, what do we know about what the feds were doing inside the home? >> reporter: i can tell you this wolf. we know that they spent several hours there at her...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with today's double declarations of victory after the vice presidential debate. first, the republicans. in a little bit mitt romney teams up with congressman paul ryan in the swing state of ohio. and you're going to see their rally live right here in "the situation room." already today romney's called his running mate's debate performance thoughtful respectful, steady and poised. our national political correspondent jim acosta has more now on the republican's post debate spin. >> reporter: wolf, even though paul ryan said he saw it coming republican strategists i talk to in the post debate spin room said they were not expecting joe biden's repeated interruptions and laugh out lud style. if the vice president's performance could be summed up as lol, the republican response was omg. >> i'm great. >> reporter: at breakfast after his fiery debate with vice president joe biden, paul ryan still had his sunny side up. >> no. it's what i expected.
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> up first this hour, a cnn exclusive. officials in the region opening up about the terror threat and how it could spread. i'll speak about that with the former secretary of state colin powell. we'll talk in just a few moments, but right now here's our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. she's reporting from jordan. >> this is the latest jihadist video from syria. it has all of the hallmarks of al qaeda and includes bomb attacks and a nighttime raid against military outposts. a senior jordanian official tells cnn that there are nearly 1500 al qaeda members and sympathizers now in syria. many have entered the country from iraq and lebanon over the past five months and are part of a growing campaign of bombings and ambushes against syrian intelligence and military targets. in the jordanian capital there is growing worry. >> jordan is very stable. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with cnn while visiting jord
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." he's not just the new republican presidential front-runner, newt gingrich is leading the republican pack by double digits in several brand-new polls. a gallop national survey of registered republicans shows him 15 points ahead of mitt romney. 37% to 22%. less than a month away from the iowa caucuses. a new cbs new york times poll has gingrich 14 points ahead of romney. as former front-runners know, top status meepz extra scrutiny and he was grilled about some of his past positions by conservatives. this is happening as we're meeting right now. jim acosta is watching all of this for us. what's the very latest? he's getting tough questions. >> his poll numbers have been good but it has been said his own worst enemy is newt gingrich. the two may have come face to face. >> glenn beck turns up the tea party heat on newt gingrich rubbing his nose in his past support for a individual mandate that requires americans to buy medical insurance as both a key pone ent in the new health care law an
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i'm wolf blitzer in jerusalem. you're in "the situation room." >>> the deadliest latest conflict between israel and ha moose. we're live in jerusalem for word of any diplomatic progress. there's been talk in the day about -- israel responded to fresh rocket attacks from gaza with missile strikes that killed at least five people including a child according to gaza health officials. the israeli army dropped leaflets warning residents in some areas to leave immediately for gaza city even indicating which routes they should take to stay safe. earlier today i visited the israeli town of beersheva. the family who lives in this home told me they made it to their safe room with only about 30 seconds to spare. the israel defense forces says one of its soldiers was killed by a hamas rocket earlier today. a total of five israelis have now been killed in this week of fighting. throughout the day whaling sirens have sent people in israel running for shelter including cnn's frederik pleitgen. take a look at what happened when he
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i will now turn you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >> thanks very much. in an astonishing rescue, a neighbor hears screams and three young women are freed from a cleveland home after a decade of captivity. the suspects three middle aged brothers. you'll hear the home owner described as a regular guy but also hear about some very bizarre incidents that raised suspicions. and what comes next? i'll talk about the healing process with elizabeth smart, who was also kidnapped as a teenager and held for nine months. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> a truly extraordinary story unfolding in cleveland this hour, one with the kind of ending that rarely happens. three women, amanda berry, georgina dejesus, and michele knight are all alive in their family's arms right now after vanishing some ten years ago. we're getting our first look at the suspects in custody. all brothers including former school bus drivers ariel castro who owns the home where the women were held. the fbi says they could be charged as soon as tomorrow or thursday. authorit
i will now turn you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >> thanks very much. in an astonishing rescue, a neighbor hears screams and three young women are freed from a cleveland home after a decade of captivity. the suspects three middle aged brothers. you'll hear the home owner described as a regular guy but also hear about some very bizarre incidents that raised suspicions. and what comes next? i'll talk about the healing process with elizabeth smart, who was also...
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wolf blitzer. wolf blitzer. situation room starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> breaking news. president obama announces the end of the iraq war. he said all u.s. troops will be home for the holidays. also, growing questions about whether moammar gadhafi was executed. was the death of the libyan -- look who might be weighing a run for the white house in 2016. vice president joe biden raising speculation with what he told candy crowley. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> when the u.s. invaded iraq back in march 2003, few people imagined it was the start of a nightmare that would last almost nine years, cost more than 4,000 american lives, plus hundred of billions of u.s. taxpayer doll lors. the u.s. mission in iraq which had been gradually drawing down will instead come to an abrupt end in just over two months with all american forces out of iraq by year's end. president obama himself announced the end of the iraq war. >> today, i can report that as promised, the rest of our tr
wolf blitzer. wolf blitzer. situation room starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> breaking news. president obama announces the end of the iraq war. he said all u.s. troops will be home for the holidays. also, growing questions about whether moammar gadhafi was executed. was the death of the libyan -- look who might be weighing a run for the white house in 2016. vice president joe biden raising speculation with what he told candy crowley. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com a new warning for president obama to congress. don't expegt to go off and enjoy your holiday unless you make sure working americans aren't stuck with a tax increase. it's another last minute attempt by the white house to get republicans to compromise, break partisan gridlock, but in the process, the president is letting go of a goal that's near and dear to so many democrats' hearts. let's go to dan lothian. he's working the story for us. what's the latest, dan? >> that's right. what he's letting go of is the fact that millionaires, he's always believed, should bear a heavier burden so it eases some of the burden on middle class americans. right now, the negotiations continue. there seems to be more of an optimistic tone to extend the payroll tax cut and to prevent a government shutdown, but so r far, no deals is so the president once again turned up the heat. with the clock winding down to a deadline, president obam
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com a new warning for president obama to congress. don't expegt to go off and enjoy your holiday unless you make sure working americans aren't stuck with a tax increase. it's another last minute attempt by the white house to get republicans to compromise, break partisan gridlock, but in the process, the president is letting go of a goal that's near and dear to so many democrats'...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> the high-powered campaign surrogate is on the hot seat for going off message after newark's democratic mayor cory booker spoke about the attacks on mitt romney's old firm bane capital. he had to struggle to do damage control and the dust still hasn't settled. let's discuss what's going on with the key adviser of the romney campaign, ed gillespie, former republican of the national committee. thanks very much for coming in. >> thank you for having me, wolf. good to be with you. >> let's talk about what the president specifically said about mitt romney, his experience at bane capital yesterday and then we'll get your reaction. >> my opponent, governor romney, his main calling card for why he thinks he should be president is his business expense. he's not there touting his experience in massachusetts. he's saying i'm a business guy and i'll fix it and this is his business and when you're president as opposed to the h
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> the high-powered campaign surrogate is on the hot seat for going off message after newark's democratic mayor cory booker spoke about the attacks on mitt romney's old firm bane capital. he had to struggle to do damage control and the dust still hasn't settled. let's discuss what's going on with the key adviser of the romney campaign, ed gillespie, former republican of the...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> right now, republican, rick perry, is trying to cover a lot of bases and burr niche his status as the front-runner. he's been reaching out to voters in a battleground state. a sign of confidence that his rivals are trying hard to tear down. jim acosta is covering perry's campaign in depth. he's joining us from richmond, virginia with the latest. >> wolf, the texas governor is not just running as a front-runn front-runner. he is running as a nominee and the rest of the world, all they could do is watch as rick rolls. >> governor of texas, rick perry. >> primaries, what primaries? rick perry is already running in virginia, a state that's much more crucial to the general election than to the republican nomination. >> i know it is time for a change in this country. when i'm talking about change, i'm not talking about the rhetoric of change. i'm talking about a record of change and i've got that record. >> perry gave
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> right now, republican, rick perry, is trying to cover a lot of bases and burr niche his status as the front-runner. he's been reaching out to voters in a battleground state. a sign of confidence that his rivals are trying hard to tear down. jim acosta is covering perry's campaign in depth. he's joining us from richmond, virginia with the latest. >> wolf, the texas governor is not...
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i'm wolf blitzer. here are some of the stories we're working on for next hour. mitt romney heads to minnesota, home of congresswoman michele bachmann. will she endorse him or someone else? the former presidential candidate will join us live. >>> planned parenthood loses funding, was political pressure a factor? stay tuned for the answer. >>> and a new tape reveals the chaos following the president's death. the gut-wrenching audio is coming up. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." >>> w50e6g9 some breaking news that we're working on. apparently the end of the u.s./nato combat mission in afghanistan, a decade-long war that's cost the u.s. dearly in blood and treasure, now the obama administration making a major decision to step up the end of what's called combat operation in afghanistan. let's go to barbara starr. the u.s. is supposed to have major combat operations in afghanistan through the end of 2014, another three years, but they're no saying it's going to stop a year and a half early. what
i'm wolf blitzer. here are some of the stories we're working on for next hour. mitt romney heads to minnesota, home of congresswoman michele bachmann. will she endorse him or someone else? the former presidential candidate will join us live. >>> planned parenthood loses funding, was political pressure a factor? stay tuned for the answer. >>> and a new tape reveals the chaos following the president's death. the gut-wrenching audio is coming up. stay with us. you're in "the...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> it could get lonely being the front-runner especially if you're way out front in new hampshire as romney is now. the first in the nation primary is only five days away. that makes him the prime target of his rivals, but they're also squabbling among themselves and while romney can afford to look ahead to south carolina, some candidates can't afford to fall further behind. let's go to john king in new hampshire. john, you're on the scene for us. give us the lay of the land right now. the big picture. what's going on? >> five days out, wolf, you would have to say new hampshire is romney country. just like in iowa, you have the campaigns now gearing up for their final push. we see more lawn signs than we did in iowa, but nowhere near the level of past campaigns. the reason, people here are pretty well considered to believe that romney will win. he won by eight votes in iowa. he's up by 30 points here. 48% for romne
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> it could get lonely being the front-runner especially if you're way out front in new hampshire as romney is now. the first in the nation primary is only five days away. that makes him the prime target of his rivals, but they're also squabbling among themselves and while romney can afford to look ahead to south carolina, some candidates can't afford to fall further...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." a proposed, new broadband network sparking stiff opposition and controversy. there's deep concern it could lead to a communications breakdown, interfering with everything from aviation to the u.s. military, as well as some serious new questions about whether political contributions helped pave the way for the company to proceed. we're getting new information, lisa sylvester's been investigating this story for us. lisa, what is going on? n. this particular case. >> lightsquared is a company, many may not have heard of before, but the company wants to create a whole new broadband network. billions are on the line here for the company. their proposal hasn't been given a complete green light but it hasn't been killed either. one watch dog group says the company's influence in washington may have played a role. >> drive one -- >> reporter: gps is used to help math map your destination, used in commercial aviation and by the military to guide missiles. because of gps, a company called light
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." a proposed, new broadband network sparking stiff opposition and controversy. there's deep concern it could lead to a communications breakdown, interfering with everything from aviation to the u.s. military, as well as some serious new questions about whether political contributions helped pave the way for the company to proceed. we're getting new information, lisa sylvester's been investigating this story for us. lisa, what is going...